George Clooney, Robert Pattinson expected on the red carpet at Venice Film Festival
Our film critic Emma Jones takes us through the highlights as the 83rd Venice International Film Festival kicks off this Wednesday.
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Israel ‘organised and prepared’ to remove Gaza population if US gives green light, Katz says
Israel is “organised and prepared” to remove Palestininians from Gaza “by every way possible”, Defence Minister Israel Katz told reporters Wednesday, adding that there was no alternative “solution” to crisis. The Israeli government was simply waiting for the US to…
Paradox of Balladur’s legacy: ‘Highly popular’ innovative Gaullist gradually became irrelevant
Sharon Gaffney is pleased to welcome Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University. According to Foucart, Édouard Balladur’s political legacy mattered because he embodied a political model that was innovative and yet limited in scope and longevity. As PM under…
Xi calls on Mideast nations to be ‘masters of their own affairs’ in rare Egypt visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on “the people of the Middle East” to oppose “externalinterference” and consider reshaping the region’s security order during a visit to Egypt. The rare visit by the Chinese leader comes as Beijing aims…
Apple’s New Mac Mini Already Discounted – See the Pre-Order Deals
Amazon has introduced the first cash discounts on Apple’s brand new Mac mini, with discounts including two of the M6 models as well as the M5 Pro model. All of these deals are pre-order discounts on the 2026 Mac mini,…
French president to open Bayeux Tapestry exhibition as he starts UK visit
French President Emmanuel Macron begins a two-day visit to Britain on Wednesday, viewing the landmark Bayeux Tapestry exhibition with King Charles III and becoming the first EU leader to be hosted by Prime Minister Andy Burnham. The tapestry depicts the…
France’s back-to-school challenges: Phones, payslips, pupils
First day of school jitters are now behind most of France’s 11.6 million pupils, but this “rentrée”, or back-to-school period, is being marked by a number of challenges and changes: phone bans, concerns over sexual abuse, teachers’ salaries, and 161,000…
FRANCE 24 in Nepal: The unbearable wait for missing relatives
In Nepal, the hope of finding survivors is fading daily. Bodies are piling up in morgues, and storage capacity is reaching its limit. For the relatives of the missing, the wait is unbearable. They go from one hospital to another,…
‘Dangerous consequences’: Iran warns US after alleged strike on wedding
Iran has launched strikes towards US allies in the Gulf this Wednesday after US bombardment that Tehran said hit a wedding party, killing five people and wounding dozens. The latest escalation appears to have hardened the mood in the Islamic…
French-Saudi ‘Dragon Ball’ theme park puzzles Japanese manga fans
Plans to build a manga-themed park outside Paris have sparked excitement in France, one of the first Western countries to fall in love with Akira Toriyama’s iconic “Dragon Ball” franchise. Saudi bankrolling of the project, however, and the lack of…